Undocubus Arrives In Charlotte, Protesters Taken Into Custody
Undocubus Arrives In Charlotte, Protesters Taken Into Custody
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco One block from the entrance to the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte North Carolina, one hour before the Democratic National Convention was to begin last Tuesday, ten undocumented persons laid out a large sloganed tarp in […]
Julian Castro Is All The Buzz In Charlotte
Victor Landa, NewsTaco There were Julian Castro sightings early in the afternoon. Some members of the San Antonio delegation saw him on his way to a workout; some elected officials had him looking […]
Tonight Is Castros’ Night – The Young Latino Takes The DNC Stage
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Stages don’t get much bigger than this, spotlights don’t get any brighter. San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro is scheduled to speak tonight, at television prime time, […]
Young Latina Will Have The Spotlight At The DNC
Victor Landa, NewsTaco Alejandra Salinas is playing with the big boys this week. She’s a well spoken Latina from Laredo, Texas, the first Latina elected national president of the College Democrats of America, and […]
Latino Democrats Rally The Faithful For final Push
Victor Landa, NewsTaco If politics is anything like religion, then caucus meetings at national party conventions are old fashioned revivals and instead of dusty tents they have them in convention […]
Julian Castro – The Buzz, The Opportunity, The Responsibility
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco A day before the Democratic National Convention officially kicks off and there’s a buzz in certain circles about Julian Castro, this year’s young keynoter. I popped-in on the […]
Jazz de México
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Gas prices are up, summer’s boggin’ down…but it’s Friday! And it’s a Friday before a long weekend with a Blue Moon to boot! What better reasons to end […]
MIGRANTS: Republicans And Latinos
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Here’s another commentary about what Republicans need to do to earn any kind of decent percentage of the Latino vote in November. (I’ve read several of […]
Republican National Convention Winners And Losers
By Elaine de Valle, Voxxi It’s a wrap. The Republican National Convention closed Thursday on a mixed bag of tricks that started with a hurricane and ended with a whimper. If you […]
Castro Brothers Have Become a Powerful Political Tandem
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco While the Republicans are revving the party faithful in Tampa this week, hoping their message seeps into the hearts and minds of the undecided voters in […]
